I rejoined Srila Prabhupada on July 24 after being away for 7 months. While away I was married and increased my possessions. I brought one of my new acquisitions to India. It was an electric razor. While giving Srimad Bhagavatam Class one morning, Srila Prabhupada started talking about 'ugra karma'. He said, "One can shave very simply with a blade. There is no difficulty, but now it becomes complicated. One must use electricity. Noise is there and when it breaks then you can not shave. By trying to solve a small problem, so many other problems are made." He never said anything to me directly but I know that he was referring to the fact that I had been shaving in my servant quarters only an hour earlier, and this created a disturbance for him.
Srila Prabhupada Uvaca 70
August, 1974; Vrindaban, India;
Camp: Krishna Balarama Mandir